By Jeannette Holland Austin
During the year of 1749 Peter Jefferson led a surveying party to establish a distinguishing line between North Carolina and Virginia. Take note, genealogists, because some families may have considered themselves residents of Virginia. Also, because the Ashe County boundaries changed somewhat, Rowan, Wilkes and Franklin Counties should also be researched. Several years later, Bishop Augustus Spangenberg of the Moravian Church of America searched for 100,000 acres of land upon which to settle his congregation. Spangenberg was mostly devoted to the supervision and organization of missions in Germany, England, Denmark, the Netherlands and Georgia. He went into Pennsylvania where he supervised the Moravian churches and helped to raise money to defend the colonies during the Seven Years War.
Ashe County Wills and Estates
Ashe County was created 18 November 1799 from Wilkes County. The area that became Ashe County was part of Anson County, Rowan County, Surry County, and Wilkes County. Both Alleghany and Watauga Counties were formed out of Ashe County. The county seat is Jefferson, North Carolina. The Ashe County Courthouse in Jefferson was destroyed by fire in 1865, however, the surviving records are contained here. The Will Books reflect inconsistent years, suggesting that there are gaps due to the loss of records in the fire. Indexes to Probate Records
- Book A, 1801 to 1857
- Book B, 1828 to 1838
- Book C, 1837 to 1941
- Book D, 1853 to 1871
- Book E, 1873 to 1903
Testators: Adams, John | Alexander, J. W. | Baker, John | Bass, Edward Beal, James | Blackburn, Elizabeth | Blevins, Wells | Brown, James | Brown, William | Burket, Christian | Chambers, Henry | Clampett, George | Clawson, Asa | Cook, Adam | Cook, Michael | Cauncill, Jordan | Debord, Benjamin | Edward, Jane | Eggers, Landrine | Estef, Shadrach | Evans, Barnabas | Farthings, William | Fredway, Robert | Galloway, Elijah | Gambell, Martin | Goodman, Peter | Green, John | Isaacs, James | Jackson, James | Johnson, Jesse | Kenly, Jesse | Landrick, William | Lyall, James | Maxwell, James | Mikel, Daniel | Milanes, William | Mullins, William | Osborn, Mary | Phillips, Mary | Phipps, Samuel | Plummer, Joseph | Powers, M. | Pugh, Julius | Reeces, John | Reeves, Jesse | Ross, Reuben | Sheavers, Robert | Shull, Mary | Shull, Simon | Songs, Samuel | Sturgitt, Francis | Taylor, William | Wagg, John |Walbrooks, Larkin |Whitaker, Peter |Whittington, John |Williams, John |Williams, Lewis | Willis, Leonard |Wyatt, Zebodee
Images of Wills and Estates, Volume B, 1828 to 1838
Testators: Atkins, John |Brown, John |Brown, Joseph |Brown, Polly | Brown, Thomas | Bryan, Morgan | Callaway, Thomas | Davis, Stanley | Edwards, David | Greer, Aquilla | Hardin, Henry | Hardin, William |Hill, William |Landrith, Nathaniel Latham, Alexander | Mast, David |Moseley, Samuel |Parks, Ambrose | Perry, Robert | Phipps, George | Phillips, Nathan | Ray, James | Stamper, Jonathan | Watters, William | Woodruff, John
Images of Wills and Estates, Volume C, 1837 to 1941
Testators: Austin, G. B. | Barker, Ambrose | Bean, Jacob | Blevins, Roby | Burgess, Wiley | Calhoun, W. R. | Callaway, J. | Campbell, Mary | Colsand, J. W. | Dalinger, M. | Davis, J. M. | Dolinger, T. L. | Duwall, James | Ellen, W. |Francis, Henry |Gentry, Levi | Grayson, William |Gurley, Thomas |Hall, J. C. |Hardin, R. W. | Hausk, W. H. |Hinley, Lee |Hodgeon, Henry |Houck, Lowery | Jones, B. W. |Jones, Wade |McGuire, H. |McNeil, L. |McMillan, John |Miller, Elizabeth | Miller, H. M. | Miller, J. B. | Monty, John | Osborne, Harris | Parsons, J. | Perkins, G. H. | Phillips, C. W.| Phillips, Nathan | Plummer, J. B. | Pope, J. W. | Prince, R. | Ray, John | Roberts, W. | Roland, J. | Sheets, S. W. Wellborne, William | Weaver, J. R. | Werth, W. H. | Wieseberger, R. | Williams, H. | Williams, Susannah Williamson, Walter
Images of Wills and Estates, Volume D, 1853 to 1871
Testators: Anderson, Richard | Baker, William | Baldwin, Jacob | Bower, Absalom | Brooks, Thomas | Burket, Christian | Debords, Benjamin | Dickson, Daniel | Dickson, Moses | Doughten, Clarke | Faws, John | Fender, John | Halaway, Daniel | Hardin, Henry | Hill, David | Jenning, William | Johnson, Samuel | Johnson, William Jones, Daniel | Jones, John | Kounce, George | Krawse, John | Landricks, Stephen | Lewis, A. J. | May, John | May, Nancy | Maxwell, Sidney | McMillan, John | Miller, Jonathan | Mullis, James | Oliver, Mary | Perkins, Allen | Perkins, Luther | Perkins, William | Phipps, Samuel | Poe, Jain | Poe, Jaine | Richardson, Elisha | Saunders, Richard | Smith, B. | Smith, Hugh | Smith, James | Turner, Andrew | Wills, David
Images of Wills and Estates, Volume E, 1873 to 1903
Testators: Allen, John | Ashley, Martha | Ashley, William | Austin, Anderson | Baives, George | Baldwin, William M. | Ballou, N. B. | Ballou, Sarah | Ballou, Susan | Bare, Henry | Barl, Elias Blackburn, Hamilton B. | Blackshear, Hamilton B. | Blevins, Daniel | Blevins, Jackson | Blevins, Jacob | Blevins, John | Blevins, Wells | Bower, George | Boyden, Nathaniel | Brooks, Polly | Brooks, Sentleger | Brown, William | Burgess, Hugh L. | Burgess, Sanders | Burkett, Catherine | Calaway, Thomas | Caloway, Thomas S. | Carson, John | Castle, Nancy | Childers, Hiram | Church, John | Church, Wiley | Conson, John M. | Cook, Charles W. | Cox, Cora | Cox, William | Davis, America | Davis, American | Davis, Daniel | Davis, John | DeBoard, Benjamin | Dewey, Sarah | Dickson, David | Duvall, Thomas | Ellen, Jacob | Elliott, Wilburn | Foster, N. A. | Francis, Mahala | Gambill, James | Garvey, James | Gentry, John | Grimes, Wesley | Goodman, Isaac | Goodman, Jacob | Goodman, Joab | Goodman, William H. | Govert, Frederick | Graham, Jiles | Graybeal, Calvin | Graybeal, Doriel | Graybeal, Eli | Graybeal, Jacob | Graybeal, John | Graybeal, Joseph | Green, John F. | Griffith, John | Griffith, S. | Hagarman, John | Hall, M. Etta | Hamilton, George H. | Hardin, Mark | Hardin, Mary Ann | Hardin, R. T. | Harkins, Johnston | Harvell, Daniel | Hash, James | Hawthorn, Andrew | Howell, George Sr. | Hurley, Harvey C. | Hudler, Joseph | Hurley, James F. | Jacks, Richard | Johnson, Aaron | Johnson, Campbell | Johnson, J. C. | Jones, John | Ketchum, G. W. |King, Joseph | Kitchinson, A. | Koons, Jacob | Lang, Andrew M. | Latham, Silas | Lewallers, Catherine | Lewis, Nancy C. | Little, Isaac | Long, Isaiah | Martin, John W. | Martin, William M. | Mash, James | Mash, William | McClure, Elizar | McGuire, Robert | McMillan, Andrew | McMillan, Iridell Miller, Daniel | Miller, Eli | Miller, James | Miller, Nancy | Miller, William | Moore, W. G. | Neal, John | Neal, Joseph | Neal, Quincy | Oliver, James | Osborne, Alfred | Osborne, Clemons | Osborne, Enoch | Osborne, J. A. | Osborne, Stephen | Parsons, Catharine | Patrick, Jerrymire | Penington, Stephen | Perkins, W. E. | Phillips, Nancy | Phillips, William | Phipp, Greenbury | Phipps, William C. | Pierce, R. K. | Plummer, Nancy | Plummer, Samuel | Poe, John | Poe, Martha | Pope, Elijah | Pope, Elijah (1881) | Price, William | Ray, Jesse | Reedy, Rebecca | Reeves, George W. | Reeves, Rebecca | Reves, John | Reynolds, Terrissa | Richardson, John | Roan, Jonathan | Roark, Joshua | Roland, David | Rominger, Isabella | Rotan, Larkin | Scott, James | Senters, N. M. | Shepherd, J. W. | Shepard, Levi | Shepherd, Melvin | Smith, James | Smith, Tobias | Stamper, John | Stephens, Gardner | Stuart, Newel | Stump, Christopher C. | Tatum, Joseph | Taylor, Charles | Taylor, Hellen | Taylor, Mary | Taylor, William | Tegue, Moses | Testerman, Peter | Thomas, W. T. | Thompson, Alexander | Thompson, Wesley | Turner, Standiford | Turner, William | Vany, John H. | Wagoner, Henry | Warren, Peter M. | Wayman, Thomas | Waters, William | Waugh, James P. | Waugh, James P. (1891) | Weaver, B. M. | Weaver, Gideon | Welch, James | Weymer, Henry | Williams, Nancy | Worth, David | Wyatt, John | Wyatt, William | Yates, E. C. | Yates, Squire Allen
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